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7:35 PM ET, March 29, 2016

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Palm Beach Post:
Trump aide charged with misdemeanor battery vs. ex-Breitbart reporter  —  Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump campaign manager, was charged this morning with misdemeanor battery after allegations of forcefully grabbing a reporter at a Jupiter news conference, town police confirmed this morning.
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump threatens to press charges against reporter  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump  —  on Tuesday threatened to press charges against former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields, claiming she grabbed him after a press conference.  —  “Victory press conference was over.
Ben Brody / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Fiercely Defends Campaign Manager Charged With Battery  —  Corey Lewandowski is innocent, the billionaire says: “Look at tapes-nothing there!”  —  Donald Trump's campaign manager was charged with misdemeanor battery against a journalist Tuesday, an accusation the Republican presidential front-runner slammed as meritless.
CNN:
Trump campaign manager charged with simple battery  —  (CNN)Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was arrested and charged in Jupiter, Florida, with simple battery of former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields, according to police.  —  Jupiter Police tell CNN that Lewandowski …
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Spox: Campaign Manager Will Stay On Even If Convicted Of Battery
Discussion: Death and Taxes and CBS Philly
Caleb Howe / RedState:
Rush Limbaugh Suggests Corey Lewandowski Arrest Nothing But A Political Attack
Discussion: Mediaite
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
How To Make Sense Of The Baffling Order The Supreme Court Just Handed Down On Birth Control  —  The biggest birth control case to reach the Supreme Court in 40 years just got a whole lot more confusing.  —  On Tuesday, the Supreme Court handed down an unusual order seeking more briefing in Zubik v. Burwell …
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Libby Nelson / Vox:
Public sector unions just avoided a huge defeat at the Supreme Court  —  If Antonin Scalia were alive, things could have turned out very differently.  —  A case that had the potential to weaken public sector unions across the United States ended with a somewhat unexpected victory for unions on Tuesday …
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Republican Senator: I'm ‘Perplexed’ At Mitch McConnell's Decision To Block Merrick Garland  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) says Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell is “not real happy” with her.  —  That's because Collins is part of a growing group of Republican Senators who have decided …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Victory for Unions as Supreme Court, Scalia Gone, Ties 4-4
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court deadlocks over public employee union case; Calif. teachers must pay dues
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
High Court Contraceptive Order Hints at Possible Compromise
Discussion: Politico
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo:
Governor Cuomo Bans Non-Essential State Travel to North Carolina  —  Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed an executive order banning all non-essential state travel to North Carolina.  The order requires all New York State agencies, departments, boards and commissions to immediately review …
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Gary Robertson / Associated Press:
North Carolina Attorney General Won't Defend Anti-Gay Law In Court
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Donald Trump berates Scott Walker for not raising taxes in Wisconsin  —  After the governor's endorsement of Ted Cruz the Republican frontrunner said Walker had failed to tackle a $2.2bn deficit and ‘the schools were going begging’  —  Donald Trump attacked Wisconsin governor Scott Walker …
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JSOnline:
Kasich says he's not surprised Scott Walker endorsed Ted Cruz
Discussion: CNN, RedState and Hot Air
JSOnline:
By any measure, Donald Trump is unfit to be president
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and The Week
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Susan Sarandon: Trump Might Be Better for America Than Hillary Clinton  —  If Bernie Sanders fails to get the Democratic nomination, Susan Sarandon isn't sure she'll vote for Hillary Clinton.  She even said Monday that Trump could be the better option.  —  One of the biggest question marks …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
The strange silence about Hillarymania: Clinton fires up voters more than Bernie does, so why is no one talking about it?  —  More Clinton supporters are enthusiastic than those backing Sanders, but the media won't tell you that  —  Hillary Clinton suffers from an “enthusiasm gap.”
David Mitchell / FOX31 Denver:
Widower gets charged $853 ‘rebooking’ fee when wife dies before cruise … LOVELAND, Colo. — A Loveland man had just lost his wife only to be dealt another painful blow.  —  He received an $850 charge from Viking River Cruises because his late wife wasn't going on the prepaid trip.
Discussion: WREG-TV and Consumerist
Cnycentral / WRGB:
Nurse who snapped photo of patient's penis surrenders license  —  FULTON, N.Y. — A Fulton nurse convicted of taking a photo of an unconscious patient's penis with her iPhone last year surrendered her license, according to the New York State Education Department.
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Heather Holeman / KFOR-TV:
Man invents gun that looks exactly like a cell phone  —  Good idea or bad?  —  Kirk Kjellberg from Minnesota says he came up with the “Ideal Conceal” pocket gun, designed to look identical to a smartphone, after a little boy pointed out Kjellberg's own larger, not-so-concealed gun at a restaurant.
Discussion: Q13 FOX News
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Donald Trump vs. Ted Cruz Creates a Headache for Talk Radio Hosts  —  Even Michael Savage had had enough.  —  As the insults and innuendos over candidates' wives and tabloid reports of suspected affairs dominated the back and forth between Senator Ted Cruz and Donald J. Trump, Mr. Savage …
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh's blessing of Trump is killing conservatism
Andrea Cavallier / New York's PIX11:
New Jersey hospital emergency room becomes first in U.S. to end use of opioid painkillers  —  PATERSON, N.J. — St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center announced it has become the first hospital in the country to implement a program that will manage patients' pain in the emergency room without the use of opioid painkillers.
Discussion: WREG-TV, Fox 59 and CBS New York
Liam Stack / New York Times:
James Noble, Absent-Minded Governor on ‘Benson,’ Dies at 94  —  James Noble, the actor best known for his role as the absent-minded governor on the hit 1980s sitcom “Benson,” died on Monday at Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut.  He was 94.  —  His death was confirmed by Douglas Moser …
Discussion: AOL and Deadline
Juliet Perry / CNN:
Real ‘Siberian unicorn’ remains found  —  (CNN)New research has revealed the ‘Siberian unicorn’ roamed the planet far more recently than we originally thought.  —  The bad news is it looked nothing like the mythical creatures portrayed in so many fairy tales.  —  Real unicorns — not so pretty.
Discussion: WGN-TV and The Week
Michael Rothman / ABC News:
Patty Duke Is Dead at 69
 
 
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